Kaanu Surname
Approximately 53 people bear this surname
Kaanu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 41 | 1:18,708,912 | 282,725 |
| Uganda | 8 | 1:4,879,910 | 106,546 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 1:59,047,586 | 507,603 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Kaanu (71) may also be a first name.
Kaanu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kaanu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Kaanu (Marathi: कानू) occurs most in India. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kaanu? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kaanu is the 2,661,929th most frequently used last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 137,500,866 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 77 percent of Kaanu live; 77 percent live in South Asia and 77 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Kaanu is also the 1,152,838th most frequently held first name throughout the world, held by 71 people.
The last name Kaanu is most commonly held in India, where it is borne by 41 people, or 1 in 18,708,912. In India Kaanu is most common in: Bihar, where 44 percent reside, Gujarat, where 32 percent reside and Andhra Pradesh, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account India this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 15 percent reside and Nigeria, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kaanu Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kaanu in the Marathi language | ||
| कानू | kanu | 50 |
| कानु | kanu | 50 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Kaanu
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